If you’ve traveled Mt. Zion Road
around rush hour, you’re familiar
with the problems that plague the
increasingly crowded thoroughfare.
A new interchange design proposed where the road and Interstate
71/75 meet is drastically different
than anything seen around the
Greater Cincinnati area and aims to
improve congestion and safety in a
growing area.
Though still in the preliminary
design phase, plans call for a double
crossover diamond interchange to be
constructed.
As vehicles approach the interstate on a road that includes this
type of interchange, traffic briefly
crosses to the opposite side of the
road in both directions. This allows
vehicles merging onto the interstate

“I think anything they
can do to alleviate the
congestion down here is
going to be a good thing.”
STEVE RIALS
Union resident

ramp to turn left from the inside
lane without crossing traffic. Once
past the intersection, vehicle traffic
returns to the traditional side of the
road.
The first double crossover diamond (DCD) in America was constructed in Missouri in 2009. More
than a dozen are now open to traffic
and even more are under construction and design.
Kentucky’s first DCD interchange
was constructed in Lexington at
Harrodsburg Road (Ky. 68) and New
Circle Road (Ky. 4) and opened in
August 2011.

Since opening, crashes have been
reduced by more than 40 percent
and traffic queues have been cut in
half, according to information provided at a Jan. 17 public meeting
about the interchange plans.
Dozens of residents attended the
meeting held by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
While the meeting included an
informal open house, project manager Carol Callan-Ramler said during a formal presentation that the
transportation cabinet is looking at
safety and congestion.
KYTC spokesperson Nancy Wood
said in a phone conversation the
DCD design will help with traffic
flow and improve safety.
In addition to a historically high
crash rate in this area – information
provided at the meeting says there
were 225 crashes reported between
2009 and 2011 within the project
limits between Tiburon Drive and
U.S. 25 – traffic volumes have increased since the interchange was
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FLORENCE — Fire station construction is just a few months away.
The design phase for the Florence
Fire/EMS Department’s newest station
is nearly complete, and the project is set
to move forward soon.
“We’re projecting to go out for bid in
February or March,” said city coordinator Rick Lunnemann.
The new station will be built behind
Home Depot and Kohl’s on Ted Bushelman Boulevard, the street named after
an opponent of the station’s location.
Before his death in
2011, City Council member Ted Bushelman was
adamant that a new fire
station should be built on
the Florence Government Center campus on
Ewing Boulevard, and not
Lunnemann
off of Houston Road, because it would better serve the side of
town with older buildings and residents.
Based on the recommendation of fire
chief Marc Muench, Florence has gone
forward with the location on Ted Bushelman Boulevard.
Preliminary estimates put the new
fire station’s construction budget at
about $2.5 million and construction
would take about a year, Lunnemann
said.
Once the new station is operational,
the department will reorganize staffing
across most of its stations. Currently,
the department has three stations. Station No. 1, on Main Street, is staffed by
only volunteers, Station No. 2, on Industrial Road, is staffed only by career personnel and Station No. 3, on Weaver
Road, is staffed by a combination of volunteer and career personnel.
Personnel from the Industrial Road
station will move to the new station, and
volunteers from Main Street will move
to Industrial Road – leaving the Main
Street station unmanned.

Florence couple run local cupcake store
‘Heavenly’ creations are a
sweet family tradition
By Melissa Stewart
mstewart@nky.com

FLORENCE — Indulgence. Bliss. Sinsational.
Those are just a few of the words
used to describe flavors at Heavenly
Frosted Cupcakes.
For patron Sallie Sparks the name of
the business says it all – the “cupcakes
are, well ‘heavenly,’” she said.
Owners Nichole and Todd Preisler
have been serving up the angelic-like
specialties at their Florence location

since July 2010.
“I’ve always baked,” said Nichole.
“My great-grandma baby-sat me and
she was always baking. I just grew up
with it, my mom and grandma baked
too.”
The husband and wife team wake
early Tuesday through Saturday to come
in at 3 a.m., baking from scratch nine flavors each day. The shop features their
five most popular flavors – Chocolate Indulgence, Peanut Butter Bliss, Confetti,
Carrot and Red Velvet – every day.
One out-of-the-ordinary flavor is featured each week and three daily special
flavors rotate from 60-plus flavors on

Nichole and
Todd Preisler
are the owners
of Heavenly
Frosted
Cupcakes
located in
Florence.
MELISSA
STEWART/THE
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first constructed, a
trend future traffic
forecasts suggest will
continue.
Traffic volumes currently
range
from
17,500 vehicles per day
west of the interchange
to 23,500 vehicles per
day east of the interchange.
“By 2030, these volumes are expected to increase to 49,000 vehicles per day west of the
interchange to 57,000
vehicles per day east,”
the information says.
“Reconstructing the interchange will be necessary to accommodate
this future demand for
travel and to provide future mobility through
the I-71/75 corridor.”
When discussing other Ky. 536 projects in
the works, which include projects immedi-

ately east and west,
Callan-Ramler said the
transportation cabinet
isn’t just looking at
what’s
happening
around the interstate,
“we’re looking at what’s
happening across the
region.”
Ky. 536 is the only
non-interstate
eastwest corridor that goes
through Boone, Kenton
and Campbell counties.
Because the Mt. Zion
interchange ties in with
the interstate, it’s “absolutely critical” the cabinet gets things “as right
as we can.”
According to an informational brochure
handed out at the meeting, the interchange was
opened to traffic in 1992
and underwent improvements in 2007
which added a lane beneath the Interstate 71/
75 overpass.
“While these interim
improvements resulted
in much-needed congestion relief, it was a

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short-term
improvement,” the brochure
reads. “The current project will address the
long-term needs of the
corridor.”
Steve Rials of Union
lives on Mt. Zion Road,
about two miles from
the interchange. He attended the meeting for
more information.
“I think anything
they can do to alleviate
the congestion down
here is going to be a
good thing,” he said.
“You can’t really stop
progress, it’s kind of already here.”
Brian Aldridge, deputy transportation planning manager for Stantec Consulting, spoke
during the formal presentation and said funding is currently in place
for right of way acquisition and utilities, “but
we’re not quite ready.”
“Even though those
funds are technically
available, they’re not
authorized because we
have to finish the environmental documentation and we actually
have to get the design
complete.”
It will likely be 2014
before discussions begin about right of way
acquisitions, he said.
For more information about this project
or the similar Richwood
Road interchange project,
visit
75crossings.com.

Boone clerk wants
you to phone it in
Brown looking for ways to improve efficiency
By Stephanie Salmons
ssalmons@nky.com

BURLINGTON

—

Changes in the works at
the Boone County Clerk’s
Office seek to make visits
more convenient, if patrons even have to stop by
at all.
Clerk Kenny Brown
highlighted changes that
have been implemented
since taking over the position two years ago and upcoming
overhauls
planned within the next
year during a recent
meeting of the Boone
County Fiscal Court.
Brown said the biggest
change is the office’s continued growth in online
renewals.
“We’re committed to
giving customers as
many options as we can
and opportunities as we
can not to come in here
unless they have to for
motor vehicle renewal
transactions,” the clerk
explained in a later conversation.
Renewals make up the
brunt of the office’s transactions. Right now, patrons can do the renewal
in person, by mail or the
online renewal, which is
currently only available
for the standard passenger plate.
This year, clerk’s offices statewide will transition to a new system –

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Weight management
focused around your needs.

Kenton County Judgeexecutive Steve Arlinghaus has appointed Paul
McElhinney, of Cincinnati, to the Kenton County
Airport Board effective
Jan. 21.
The Kenton County
Airport Board is the governing body of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
International Airport.
McElhinney is president and CEO of GE Aviation Services in Evendale,
Ohio.

PVA inspections set

The Boone County
Property Valuation Administrator’s office will
inspect Hampton Ridge
Estates, Rockdale Court,
Hickory Hill, Persimmon
Grove, Arbors (Oakbrook), Greenwood Village, Silver Creek, Stephens, Willowbend, Fairgrounds, Bel Air Estates,
and farms and new construction
throughout
Boone County the week of
Feb. 4.
Staff members will be
in a marked vehicle and
have identification available upon request.
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more people using the
phone renewal system
than online renewals.
“We look (at) that as another option that customers can have that will reduce foot traffic in here,”
he said.
“We’re a fast-growing
county. We have two locations and I’m committed
to giving customers every
option ... to get their transactions completed without coming in here.”
If the clerk’s office can
reduce foot traffic during
the month, it expedites
transactions for others
who do have to come in,
said Brown.
“Boone County’s growing,” he said. “We don’t
want to expand bricks and
mortar or do any expansion of the office until we
fully exhaust all the options to reduce the traffic
here with our current
staff levels and current
facility.”
This system will begin
to slowly roll out during
the first quarter. Once the
kinks have been worked
out, Brown said the office
will “turn it up and make
sure all of Boone County
knows this is an option.”
Brown has also worked
with the office’s credit
card vendor and the office is now able to accept
Visa for all transactions.

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BRIEFLY
GE exec appointed
to airport board

Take a

KAVIS, or
the
Kentucky
Automated
Vehicle Information
System –
which will
replace the
Brown
30-year-old
AVIS (Automated Vehicle
Information System).
“What that will do for
customers, it will allow
them to renew nearly every plate online, even if
it’s a specialty plate,”
Brown explained. The
only exceptions will be
plates requiring a membership card.
The new system will
also be, for the office
staff, “a much simpler
system to use.”
“This will be a more efficient, more timely process for in-person transactions,” he said.
Boone County is also
working to become the
second county in the state
to offer over-the-phone
registration renewals.
Brown said he has been
working closely with the
Jefferson County clerk’s
office, the only county in
the state offering this option. Its staff “has been
very helpful helping me
understand how to put
this together the right
way,” he said.
According to Brown,
Jefferson County now has

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their menu including
Strawberry Sin-sational
and even Maple Bacon
with
infused
bacon
pieces.
“People like to try different things, something
off the beaten path,” Nichole said. “Our soda flavors like Mountain Dew,
Dr Pepper and root beer
are popular. We don’t want

Ryan appointed to
Walton board

Walton City Council
appointed Kevin Ryan to
the Walton Board of Adjustment.
Ryan will serve on the
board until the end of
2014.

MOPS group offers
parent workshop

Richwood Presbyterian MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers International)
will present a Love and
Logic workshop 6-7 p.m.
Tuesdays from Feb. 12 to
March 19.
The series is free but
registration is required.
Call Love Alive Montessori Preschool at 859-4851900 or the church office
at 859-485-7200.
Certified Love and
Logic instructor Amy
McLagan will share tips
and tools for raising responsible children of all
ages. Child care and refreshments provided.
The church is located
at 1070 Richwood Road,
Richwood.

Preschool tours
offered

Love Alive Montessori
Preschool of Richwood
to go too far out though.
Bacon is as meaty as we’ll
go.”
Heavenly Frosted Cupcakes is located in Oakbrook Town Center at the
corner of Pleasant Valley
Drive and Oakbrook
Drive. The couple started
it as a side business, baking during the weekends
for Walt’s Hitching Post
and had booked a few
weddings. The small family-operated business is
only a “part time job” for
the Preislers who work

Presbyterian Church is
conducting school tours
to familiarize parents
with their programs for
ages 3, 4 and early 5. Open
registration for Summer
Vacation Station and 2013
fall classes will be from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 2 at the
Boone County Public Library’s Early Education
Fair at the Main Branch
and will be on a firstcome, first-enrolled basis.
The church is located
at 1070 Richwood Road in
Richwood. For more information call 859-4851900.

Turfway prep race
gets new sponsor

Cincinnati radio station WFTK, better known
as 96ROCK (96.5 FM), is
the new sponsor of Turfway Park’s second local
prep stakes race for the
track’s signature Spiral
Stakes.
The 96ROCK Stakes,
for 3-year-old thoroughbreds, is scheduled to run
Feb. 2.
The
$50,000
prep
stakes, established in1983
as the Presidents Stakes,
was previously known as
the WEBN Stakes.

full-time jobs and have
four children.
Missing a few extra
morning winks to stir up a
satisfying delight, however, makes it all worthwhile.
“I enjoy most the people – knowing how much
they enjoy the cupcakes –
it’s very rewarding,” Nichole said. “It doesn’t feel
like a job. It’s really a labor of love. That’s why we
do it.”
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Leadership training completed
Community Recorder

Boone County parents Felicia Anderson and Julia Pile
from Stephens Elementary
School, Kelly Lusk from Longbranch Elementary School,
Elizabeth Marlette from New
Haven Elementary School, and
Sirijun Mayi from Gray Middle
School and Heather Morgan
from Mann Elementary School
were six of 28 parents from
Northern Kentucky who graduated from the Commonwealth
Institute for Parent Leadership.
An initiative of the Prichard
Committee for Academic Excellence, the nationally recog-

Anderson

Lusk

nized 16-year program helps
parents become more effective
advocates for their children’s
education.
The parents participated in
three two-day training sessions
designed to increase their understanding of school performance and how to improve it.

Marlette

Mayi

The parents will be responsible
for conducting a follow-up project designed to accelerate the
academic achievement of students at their children’s school
and to involve more parents in
the effort.
The institute, which concluded on Nov. 3 in Florence, has

Morgan

Pie

prepared the parents to work toward higher achievement for
all public school students by
creating a new level of parent
engagement.
Since it was established in
1997, the institute has trained
more than 1,690 Kentucky parents as education advocates.

On Jan. 30, the parents will
present their individual projects to an institute project review panel. The members of the
panel will consist of persons
from the local school district,
community, Prichard Committee members and past graduates.
Starting this year, institute’s
name will change to the Governor’s Commonwealth Institute
for Parent Leadership.
For more information about
the Governor’s Commonwealth
Institute for Parent Leadership
and how to register for the next
institute, call 859-233-9849, ext.
231.

HONOR ROLL
Here are the honor roll students for the
second quarter at Stephens Elementary:

All A’s

Students from the Ryle FBLA loaded a truck full of about 7,000 meals to send to Kenucky’s Appalachian region. The meals were purchased with
$2,050 raised from a 5k in November. THANKS TO FAITH EVANS

Ryle High students send 7,000 meals
By Justin B. Duke
jbduke@nky.com

FLORENCE — A little bit of
work is going a long way.
Ryle’s Future Business
Leaders of America club sent
about 7,000 meals to food banks
in the Appalachian region of
Kentucky.
The effort began in November when the club hosted a 5k to
raise money for Kids Against
Hunger.
Kids Against Hunger is a
charity that aims to significantly reduce the number of

COLLEGE
CORNER
Scroggins named
ambassador
Whitney Scroggins of Union
has been named a student alumni ambassador at Eastern Kentucky University.
Scroggins is majoring in
nursing.

Taylor named to dean’s
honor roll

Daniel Taylor of Florence, a
general studies major, was
named to Fort Hays State University’s fall semester dean’s
honor roll.
The roll includes full-time
undergraduate students who
have at least a 3.60 grade-point
average for the semester.

hungry children in the United
States and to feed starving children throughout the world.
This is done by distributing a
highly nutritious, vitamin-fortified soy-rice casserole to
starving children and their
families in more than 60 countries through partnerships
with humanitarian organizations worldwide.
The 5k raised $2,050, which
was used to buy the meals.
About 40 volunteers from
the FBLA joined up with several other groups who’d raised
money for meals at 7 Hills

Church in Florence Jan. 12 to
pack up meals and ship them
off. With the 7,000 meals from
the Ryle FBLA, a total of 38,000
meals are going to the Appalachia area.
Due to tough economic circumstances, that area was facing malnutrition risks, said
FBLA member Sadhvika Reddy, a senior.
“Their food banks had completely empty shelves,” Reddy
said.
Having the FBLA put a dent
in the problem is a proud accomplishment for the group,

she said.
“Just thinking about feeding 7,000 people is hard to fathom,” Reddy said.
This was the FBLA’s first
experience with Kids Against
Hunger, but after seeing how
much the club can help, the relationship will likely continue,
said FBLA member Faith Evans, a junior.
“I think next year we might
continue with the packaging
because it was such an awesome experience,” Evans said.
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community news

The Florence Huntington
Learning Center is proud to
support Catholic Schools
Week (Jan. 27 through Feb.
2), a celebration of Catholic
schools in America.
Catholic Schools Week is
a joint project of the National Catholic Educational Association and the U.S. Con-

ference of Catholic Bishops.
The celebration became an
annual event in 1974.
The 2013 theme of Catholic Schools Week is “Catholic Schools Raise the Standards.” This year’s theme
supports the recent launch
of the National Standards
and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary
and Secondary Schools,
which ensure the effective
operation and responsible
governance
Catholic
schools across the country,

thus promoting high academic standards. According to the NCES, 84.9 percent of 2010 12th-grade
Catholic school students
went on to attend a fouryear college. The 2010
Catholic high school graduation rate was 99.4 percent.
Huntington supports a
variety of national events
focused on education, including Read Across America, American Education
Week, National Teacher Day
and National Library Week.

SCHOOL NOTES
Vote for the best
Students across the commonwealth are participating in
Kentucky’s 24th annual Essay
and Slogan Contest and the public is invited to vote for their favorite slogan.
The Secretary of State’s office has narrowed the field of
slogan entries to 20 finalists out
of more than 500 entries. To
vote, visit 1.usa.gov/11CoHVH.
The poll will remain open
through 2 p.m. Feb. 28.

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STURDY AS
REDWOODS
Conner/Ryle game
goes to Cougars

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New Rebel
team keeps
winning
tradition
Most of boys roster gone
from last year’s team

By James Weber
jweber@nky.com

By Adam Turer

T
HEBRON —

he players on the Conner High School boys
basketball team can
look up during a game
in their gym and see a
sign near the bench
that says “Be a cedar, not a palm.”
The lesson in herbology reminds
them that cedar trees are strong and
sturdy and can survive in a storm,
while palm trees only survive when
the weather is nice and warm but
they break in the face of adversity.
The phrase was often used by Bill
Warfield, the deceased former Conner coach whose name is permanently painted on the floor in front
of the Conner bench.
“We would huddle around a stick
from a cedar all the time,” said current head coach Jim Hicks, who
played for Warfield as a Cougar.
The 2012-13 Conner Cougars have
weathered plenty of storms this
season and Jan. 18 they struck back
by sweeping away rival Ryle with
hurricane strength. Conner routed
the Raiders 74-48.
It was Conner’s first win in the
33rd District, avenging an earlier
six-point loss (79-73) to Ryle. Conner
is 1-3 in seeding play and 8-8 overall.
Ryle dropped to 8-9 and 2-2.
“The guys really played well on
defense,” Hicks said. “I knew if we
could keep it to a halfcourt game,
that was to our favor. We didn’t want
to run up and down the floor with
them like we did last time. We’ve
been concentrating on halfcourt
defense and rebounding.”
Conner had a steady lead between six and 12 points for most of
the game before blowing away the
Raiders with a 21-7 fourth quarter.
Junior Samuel Hemmerich, Conner’s leading scorer at nearly 20
points per game, scored 25 in the
game, including 14 in the first half.
One of the tallest Cougars at 6foot-2, Hemmerich is a versatile
scorer.
“We really picked up our defense,” Hemmerich said. “We
helped each other out. Our offense,
we went after the rebounds and
made most of our free throws.”
Hemmerich has become more
versatile every season.
“He’s a very tough matchup,”
Hicks said. “He can shoot from
outside and he’s worked really hard
to be able to score off the bounce.
He’s a fun kid to coach. With him, he
See HOOPS, Page A5

FLORENCE — There is no easy solution
to replacing nearly your entire roster.
After winning 67 games of the last three
years, Boone County entered this season with nearly an entire roster turnover. There were some growing pains
and stumbling blocks out of the gate,
but the Rebels appear to have weathered the roughest patch of the season.
“Since we graduated our top seven
players from last season, I really didn’t
know what to expect from our players in
a varsity game,” said head coach Greg
McQueary. “Even though we have some
seniors on this team, they had very little, if any, varsity experience before the
season started.”
The Rebels dropped six of their first
nine contests. Boone County played in
two holiday tournaments and seemed to
turn a corner during those tournaments. A Dec. 22 victory over Ashland
Blazer in the Raceland Derby Classic
was especially sweet after losing at
home in overtime to the same team a
week earlier. The Rebels also had to
overcome unexpected adversity, as
several players were ill that week and
some could not even make the trip.
Brendan Stanley put up a career-high 33
points despite battling illness earlier in
the week.
“The first tourney gave the team a
chance to bond and deal with the adversity of a few players being ill or unable
to make the trip because of illness,” said
McQueary.
The momentum from that win carried the Rebels into the Bracken County
Holiday Classic. Boone County won all
three of its games in the tournament.
“The second tourney is when we
started to take better care of the basketball and started winning games we
might have lost before Christmas,” said
McQueary. “These games are where we
started to value possessions more and
started making free throws more consistently than earlier in the season.”
As if replacing the top seven in the
rotation entering the year was not
enough, the Rebels also had to content
with Brannen McDonald’s offseason
knee injury, Brett Mayberry’s late start
after the soccer season, and Jesse
Schulze’s year off after not making the
team due to its bevy of talented senior
guards a year ago. All three have
emerged as key performers this season.
The Rebels lost three overtime
games early in the season. While they
could have accepted this as a rebuilding
season and been content to go through

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PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS
By James Weber
jweber@nky.com

This Week’s MVP

» Cooper senior Andrea
Thompson for leading the way
in the team’s first-ever girls
basketball win over Boone
County.

Sweet 16

» The Draw Show for the
2013 KHSAA Boys’ and Houchens
Industries/KHSAA
Girls’ State Basketball Tournaments will be Friday, Jan. 25, at
1 p.m. CWKYT (Ch. 14) in Lexington will provide a live
broadcast of the pairings, with
a live feed available online at
www.khsaa.tv.

Brackets with official times
and pairings will be posted to
the Riherd’s/KHSAA Scoreboard and the KHSAA website
at the conclusion of the program. The 2013 Boys’ Sweet
16® will be held March 6-10 at
Rupp Arena in Lexington, with
the Houchens Industries/
KHSAA Girls Sweet 16® taking
place March 13-16 at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green.

» After almost 30 years
coaching football at Boone
County High School, including
the last 15 as head coach, Rick
Thompson is leaving to become special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at
the College of Mount St. Jo-

seph. He told his players the
news prior to school Jan. 22, according to Gannett News Service. No further information

was available at press time.

Boys basketball

» Conner beat Pendleton

County 78-61 Jan. 16. Landon
Lamblez led five Cougars in
double figures with 19 points.
» Cooper beat Boone County 56-43 Jan. 17. Zach McNeil
had 27 points. Brenden Stanley scored 13 for Boone.
» St. Henry beat Dayton 6929 Jan. 17. Connor Kunstek
had 17 points. St. Henry lost to
NewCath in the All “A” semis.
»
Walton-Verona beat
Trimble County 57-48 in the All
See HIGHLIGHTS, Page A5

“One of our keys was
staying physical in the
paint,” Hicks said. “When
you try to bang around
with Drew Barker, that’s a
feat, and Brady Padgett is
the same way. Not too
many people are going to
push those guys around.”
Junior Landon Lamblez scored nine points,
junior Andrew Way 10, junior Will Ruholt 10 and
sophomore Nic Watts 8.
Hicks was thrilled with
that contribution from
that group of perimeter
players.
Mark Fussenegger led
Ryle with 20 points and

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could have won a million
dollars or you could have
shot his favorite dog, and
he’s not going to change
his expression.”
Junior Drew Barker,
who had Ohio State assistant football coach Kerry
Coombs in the gym
watching him, scored six
points. He and another
football player, Brady
Padgett, shore up the inside and both average
double digits in points.

Baseball camp

Baseball club

Lloyd Memorial High School is
hosting a six-week baseball camp
starting Feb. 10. Lloyd Memorial
head coach Aaron Moore will
direct the program with U.S.
Baseball Academy. Classes are
available for players in grades
1-12 and are limited to six players
per coach. Sessions are offered in
advanced hitting, pitching,
catching, fielding and baserunning at a cost as low as $99 for six
weeks. Space is limited. Registration is under way. Visit
www.USBaseballAcademy .com,
or call toll-free 866-622-4487

The Boone County Baseball
Club in Burlington is forming a
9U select baseball team for the
2013 spring season.
They are seeking competitive,
passionate, team-oriented athletic ball players who play all positions. Pitching and catching are
always a plus. They will play 16-25
regular season games including
some local tournaments. Eligible
players must not turn 10 prior to
May 1. Contact Tony Reynolds at
859-462-3503 email tony.21@insightbb.com.

Boone

cent from the line. Our
turnovers are down and
our free-throw shooting
has improved over the
course of the season.
“This might be why we
started 3-6 and having
currently won 8 out of 11.
This may show some of
that toughness and how
they weathered the tough
losses.”
Boone County has
three
straight
home
games, starting with Covington Catholic on Jan.
23.

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the motions, they have instead focused on cutting
down turnovers, improving free throw shooting,
and improving defense in
the half court.
“Every year presents
different
challenges,”
said McQueary. “In those
losses, we had over 22
turnovers in each game
and shot less than 50 per-

St. Henry's Jeff Grayson shoots the ball over a Bishop
Brossart defender at St. Henry High School. Bishop
Brossart's junior varsity won the game by one point.

Drew Mays had 10 for the
Raiders, who have struggled in 2013 with four
losses in five games, and
will have to go forward
without one of its tallest
players in Travis Pavy,
who suffered a seasonending injury Jan. 12.
“He’s a big body and he
plays hard,” said head
coach Alan Mullins. “Conner’s ability to shoot and
ability to move without
the basketball gave us
fits. We played a horrible
game defensively and we
didn’t rebound the basketball. They out-hustled
us.”

Mullins said the team’s
defensive intensity has
slipped of late and hopes
his Raiders can weather
storms of their own as
they head into a galeforce schedule, which includes 20-0 Holmes (Jan.
22), 13-4 Cooper (at home
Friday, Jan. 25) and at17-6
Covington Catholic Saturday, Jan. 26. Ryle then finishes seeding play at
home against Boone
County Feb. 1.
Conner was set to host
Cooper Jan. 23 then turn
around and go to Boone
County Jan. 25. Cooper is
3-0 in district play and is

likely the team the others
most want to avoid in the
semifinals, but the 33rd is
often unpredictable in the
postseason.
“It’s one of the toughest districts in the region,” Hicks said. “The
physical play in our district is very difficult. Every game is going to be a
battle. You throw out records. It was very important to get this win to try
and get a top seed.”

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WALTON — The WaltonVerona girls basketball
team has some unexpected time off this week.
The Bearcats had a
week between games after losing 62-53 Jan. 19 to
32nd District foe Simon
Kenton, dropping the
Bearcats to 12-7. Walton
was hoping to play four
games this week, which
was mostly cleared in the
preseason for the All “A”
Classic state tournament.
The Bearcats won’t
have a chance to defend
their 2012 state championship after falling to Owen
County 46-45 in the regional. That does give
them extra practice time
to work on things before
taking on Henry County
Saturday, Jan. 26.
“I’d rather be playing
in Frankfort but we have a
whole week and that gives
us some time to rest,” said
coach Mark Clinkenbeard. The Bearcats have
been practicing in January adjusting to the absence of senior post player Courtney Sandlin, who
injured her left arm shortly after Christmas. The
Bellarmine recruit is likely to return for the Henry
County game but will be
playing limited minutes
for at least a couple of
weeks, he said.
Molly Clinkenbeard, a
veteran senior point
guard and the coach’s
daughter, has been injured as well and had her
most extensive recent ac-

tion against Simon, scoring 10 points and playing
most of the minutes.
“We’re thinking the
glass is half-full,” coach
Clinkenbeard said. “Some
other kids have had to
play a lot of minutes that
wouldn’t have gotten to
play a lot. You can see
their improvement so
hopefully when we get everybody back we’ll be a
little bit deeper.”
Against Simon, senior
center Michele Judy had
19 points. Clinkenbeard
and senior forward Liz
McAdams had 10 points
apiece and freshman forward Hailey Ison eight.
The loss to Simon
locked up the two seed for
Walton, who will play ei-

ther Grant County or Williamstown in the district
tourney. The Bearcats are
3-0 against those two, winning by an average of 31
points, and W-V hosts
Grant County Jan. 30.
The ultimate goal now
is to gun for the team’s
third-straight postseason
Eighth Region championship. The Bearcats have
had a brutal schedule with
and without Sandlin. Two
of the seven losses have
come to defending 11th
Region champ Dunbar
and another to defending
Sixth Region champ Butler. Walton has beaten Notre Dame and will take on
some of the state’s top
teams in the Louisville Invitational starting Feb. 1.

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EDITORIALS | LETTERS | COLUMNS | CH@TROOM

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Ideas lead to real service

At Ryle High School,
where I teach, instilling a
giving spirit in our students
is part of our tradition. Most
of us would agree that teaching young people to give back
to the community is a laudable goal, but how do you do
that? Sometimes all it takes
is a simple idea, encouragement from adults, and allowing the students to run with
it.
Several years ago, a teacher started encouraging the
students to turn in used but
still usable school supplies at
the end of each year. The
supplies are sorted and given
out at the beginning of the
next school year to anyone
who wants to shop. It has
become a habit for students

to drop off
anything that
they cannot
use anymore
so that someone else can
use it.
Some students even go
Mary Jo
through the
Rechtin
trash cans at
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out to make
sure usable
items are saved. I have heard
students say that they have
not bought a binder in their
four years at Ryle. This is a
simple idea that has been a
real service to many students
and that has taught service to
many as well.
Another teacher heard

that the Parish Kitchen, an
organization that serves 1,600
meals per week to those in
need, was in search of homemade desserts to serve. Thus
the “Bake for the Parish
Kitchen” project was born.
Each week during October
one of the grades, starting
with the freshmen and ending with the seniors, baked
desserts and brought them in
on Fridays to be sent to the
Parish Kitchen.
According to Dan Nolan,
Parish Kitchen director, on
the last Friday, “The van was
so full that I was able to
share some of the baked
goods with Welcome House
and Fairhaven Rescue Mission.” Again, this was a simple idea that helped many

LETTER TO THE
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people.
These are just two of the
many projects that go on at
Ryle. These projects help our
students realize that though
no one person can do everything, each of us has the capability to do something that
will make a difference in the
life of another.
So now I ask you – do you
have a simple idea that can
be developed into a project to
help others at your school,
your workplace, or even your
home? If so, what are you
waiting for? Go do it.
Mary Jo Rechtin, a teacher at Ryle
High School, was Boone County
School District’s Break the Mold
award winner in December.

Residency shouldn’t
matter

On Jan. 10 there was an article in the Recorder stating that
the Boone Count Sheriff would
no longer do lockouts in the Florence city limits. Mayor Whalen
was upset about this. She said
“residency should not be an issue.” She also stated that “... we
need to support our citizens.”
She is correct. But if residency does not matter why do nonFlorence residents have to pay
more to use the Florence aquatic center. After all, residency
should not matter.
There is an alternative to the
sheriff’s department doing
lockouts in Florence. It is called
the Florence Police Department.
Terrie Pullen
Burlington

United Republican
Be a lamp, a
lifeboat or a ladder Party? I don’t think so
Learning about International
Humanitarian Law (IHL) is relevant, meaningful and useful for
young people in all societies, regardless of the absence of war or
conflict and understanding our
roles and what we can do as a citizen is a helpful tool.
We currently have the highest
percentage of younger generation
(those born after 1980) that will
shape the future; therefore helping
them to understand their roles as a
global citizen is paramount.
The American Red Cross helps
the public, especially younger generations, to understand their world
through international humanitarian
law education, both in and out of
classrooms. This year, the Cincinnati Chapter will join seven other
chapters nationally to implement
the IHL Peer Education Program
for young people.
The program will run from Feb.
23 through the end of April and
consists of three stages: Explore,
Address, and Implement. The main
training on Feb. 23-24 will be led by
Rachele Tardi, senior adviser for
peer education from Washington,
D.C., who has a wide range of peer
education experience with the British Red Cross.
The participants, Team Members (ages 13-17) and Team Mentors
(ages 18-25), will be working to
explore the importance of protecting the rights of people affected by
war, address an IHL-related issue,
and implement an action project on
what they learned from the training. One team will be selected and
sponsored to attend the first National Youth Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 1-2. The participants will also be able to use
this experience to fulfill their service learning hours for school. The
application deadline for this program is Feb. 1.

One of the great
emphases of this
project will be role
playing, which give
young people a personal experience to
understand an “abstract” concept
such as InternaDyah Miller
tional Humanitarian
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helps to put an idea
into a humanitarian
perspective. It may be harder to
understand an idea, but it’s easier
when we put a face into the story.
One day I am a shopkeeper in
Bangkok, Thailand, who risks losing business for protecting a victim of a street violence. Another
day I am a Catholic factory worker
who went to incredible lengths to
save a Jewish stranger from the
Nazis in Germany. The next, I am
Grace Lorch, a white woman, who
risked her life to escort Elizabeth
Eckford through the mob in 1954 in
front of Little Rock Central High
School. Taking on these roles helps
us understand the concept of a
“bystander” in conflict and war
situation.
International Humanitarian Law
is not only relevant for those working in war situation, actually what
happens in the world right now
affects us locally. Jelaluddin Rumi,
a 14th century Sufi poet said, “Be a
lamp, a lifeboat, or a ladder.” The
decision is yours.
Dyah Miller serves as international services coordinator at the American Red
Cross Cincinnati Chapter. Originally from
Indonesia, she spent two years as a Rotary
World Peace Fellow. To obtain more information about the IHL Peer Education
program and applications for both Team
Members and Team Mentors, email
dyah.miller@redcross.org or call 513-5793023.

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maintaining a mental
fantasy life in which
they are ruggedly independent, reliant on
no one, and have little
obligation to pay for
services they share
along with their fellow
Col Owens
citizens.
Former U.S. SuCOMMUNITY
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preme Court Chief
COLUMNIST
Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes – hardly a liberal – said over a century and a half ago
that “taxes are the price we pay for
civilization.”
As local Republican leaders know,
especially business and Chamber of
Commerce leaders, we all prosper in an
economy built on people pursuing their
dreams within a framework of reasonable government regulation that protects vital public interests. They know
that governmental investments in education, transportation, infrastructure,
and jobs and employment supports
have been instrumental in supporting
our economic development. They know,
from experience, that the Tea Party
obsession with minimalist government
is not the pathway to a higher standard
of living and quality of life.
From all this I conclude that reports
of unification, like reports of Mark
Twain’s death, are highly exaggerated.
Political parties are primarily about
winning elections – but they are also,
like religious traditions, carriers of
culture, in this case our political, social
and economic culture. If the Tea Party
has captured the Republican Party,
many traditional Republicans will not
find a compatible home there.
So: if you find yourself in that situation, come and talk with us in the Democratic Party. You might be surprised
at the comfort level you find.
Col Owens is an attorney from Fort Mitchell
and chairman of the Kenton County Democratic Party.

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The Enquirer recently reported that
the Northern Kentucky Tea Party and
traditional Republican Party have united. I’m skeptical. If true, it would seem
to reflect their recognition of their
mutual long-term vulnerability following the last election. But I’m still skeptical.
Let’s look to the recent past. In 2010
local Republican favorite son Trey
Grayson, after having won two statewide elections, was defeated in his bid
for the U.S. Senate by Rand Paul, a
downstate doctor who had never run
for election. The local party establishment was not happy. And from what
I hear, many have neither forgotten nor
forgiven since.
Meanwhile, over the past three year
the Northern Kentucky Tea Party has
opposed county library taxes, school
taxes, the Area Planning Commission
Tax, and somewhat unbelievably, a
modest increase in water treatment
rates to pay for removal of known carcinogens from our drinking water. As
I’ve observed to some, these folks seem
to have a problem not only with government but with certain fundamental
components of our evolving civilization.
Except, of course, that they drive on
publicly financed roads, in cars that
meet government standards, breathe
clean air, drink the water, eat FDA approved meat, rely on anti-discrimination and workplace safety laws, participate in Medicare, enroll their children and grandchildren in public
schools, obtain government-protected
mortgages, invest in government-protected financial institutions and securities exchanges, expect massive government assistance to combat natural disasters, and rely on police and fire
professionals, military defense forces,
and our justice system to protect them
from a myriad of natural and manmade adversities.
In other words: they rely on multitudes of government services while

Lauren Mira, a mixed media artist from Florence and owner of Mixie Studio, checks out her Etsy store. She sells hand-embroidered magnets (pictured in front of the computer) on Etsy.
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Etsy an outlet for
artists’ creations
By Stephanie Salmons
ssalmons@nky.com

I

f you build it – or stitch it, paint it,
upcycle it or photograph it – they
will come.
Etsy has provided an online marketplace not only for shoppers looking to
buy, but crafters, artisans and collectors hoping to sell almost anything
and everything.
According to etsy.com, the site was
conceived in early 2005 by Rob Kalin,
a painter, carpenter and photographer
who found there was “no viable marketplace to exhibit and sell his creations online.”
Christin Berry of Hebron, owner of
Blue Martini Photography, uses Etsy
to sell canvas wraps based off subway
signs, personalized with descriptions
of a couple, family or even a child – a
“nice side hobby” to her main photography business.
For example, Berry said she incorporates it into family sessions for
people looking for “something more
unique to give as gifts. I show them
my Etsy card so they can go online and
see the different examples.”
She gets customers from all over
the country.
“That’s the great thing about Etsy,”
she said. “Once you put in the keywords, you can get anyone from anywhere. It’s not so much just local.”
While some people may be hesitant
to use small businesses, “I think places
like Etsy and Pinterest can really help
get your name out there,” said Berry.
“People who have small businesses are
talented. They’re extraordinary people
who are putting themselves out there
and I think the Internet helps bring
people together.”
Lauren Mira, a mixed media artist
from Florence and owner of Mixie
Studio, has been an Etsy user since
2009. When she first started using the
site, she sold her handmade jewelry.
Following the birth of her daughter
she took a break, but a little more than

a year ago she opened up shop again,
this time selling hand-embroidered
magnets.
“It’s kind of like a miniature art
piece, but it’s also functional to put on
your fridge.”
For those starting out, Mira said
Etsy is “an easy, go-to place,” to have
people go. Those looking to buy can
easily access the site.
“It’s the Internet,” she said of the
site. “Anybody who can access the
Internet can access your shop. And if
you’re out of town and you want to
network, you can give them your business card that has Etsy on it.”
She also promotes her work
through social media.
Though it may look easy, Mira said
a lot of work is involved in making an
Etsy store viable – from photographing the goods, thinking about the description details, even listing the materials and the look of the shop itself.
The effort, though, is still worth it.
“It’s a way to expose your work to
the world. It’s a step to figuring out
what kind of business or what kind of
style you want.”
Etsy, Mira said, is “a perfect place”
for those beginners starting to sell
their creations.
“I think it’s a good foot in the door
and to get you thinking about how you
want to sell it, how you want to price
it, how you want it to be perceived by
people.”
Mira said goods sold on Etsy are
“pretty much handmade or vintage,”
things that can’t be found elsewhere.
“There’s a lot of unique things you
can find on Etsy without having to
leave your house.”
Etsy, the site reads, boasts more
than 20 million members and the site
averages more than 1.4 billion page
views and 42 million unique visitors
monthly. Featuring more than 800,000
active shops, Etsy has more than 17
million listed items as well as 1.7 million Twitter followers and a million
Facebook “likes.”

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On Stage - Theater
Camelot in Concert, 7:30 p.m.,
Carnegie Visual and Performing
Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd., In
the magical age of Merlin and
the Round Table, Arthur and
Guenevere preside over tranquil
Camelot until bold Sir Lancelot
and the queen succumb to a
romance. $19-$28. Through Feb.
3. 859-957-3456; www.thecarnegie.com. Covington.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26
Auditions
American Girl Fashion Show
Model Auditions, 9-11:30 a.m.,
Kerry Toyota, 6050 Hopeful
Church Road, More than 350
local girls ages 4-13 needed to
present historical and contemporary fashions to celebrate
being an American Girl as part
of American Girl Fashion Show
April 26-28 at Music Hall. Free.
Presented by Aubrey Rose
Hollenkamp Children’s Trust
Foundation. 513-265-5801;
www.aubreyrose.org/americangirlshow. Florence.

Play in a Day, 7:30 p.m., Rave
Motion Pictures Florence 14
Theater, 7860 Mall Road, Fastpaced and hilarious film follows
some of Ne York’s top comedic
actors, writers, composers and
directors as they are given 24
hours to write, cast compose,
rehearse and perform short
musicals at New York City’s
Gramercy Theatre. Ticket pricing
TBA. Presented by Fathom
Events. 859-282-7504. Florence.

Identity Theft, 6:30 p.m., Florence Branch Library, 7425 U.S.
42, Learn how to protect yourself from predators, how to
recognize whether an identity
theft problem exists, how to
report it and suggestions for
recovering if you’ve been a
victim. Free. Registration required. 859-342-2665. Florence.

For the mom who
wanted to make a barbecue-type sandwich for
her preschooler but
didn’t want something
real spicy. This freezes
well. This is good on
slider buns topped with
slaw for Super Bowl
parties as well. Or put in
a fondue pot and serve
with Frito scoops or
tortilla chips.
1 pound lean ground beef
1
⁄4 cup diced onion or more
to taste
1 diced bell pepper
(optional)
12 oz. bottle chili sauce
Brown sugar to taste: Start
with 3 tablespoons and
go from there

Sauté beef, onion and
bell pepper until beef is

though, is for any banana
bread to taste good, the
bananas have to be really ripe, like black-speckled ripe, for the bread to
have a good, sweet banana flavor. If you don’t
have a blender, you can
do this by hand.

Melt butter in skillet.
Add onion and sauté
until translucent. Add
garlic and cook another
minute. Add mushrooms
and cook until soft and
juices have released.
Add orzo and spaghetti
and coat well with butter.
Add broth, stir, bring to
boil. Cover and reduce to
simmer. Simmer 15 minutes or until most of
liquid is absorbed. Add
parsley and season. Ellen
says it will be a little
saucy, which is what you
want.

Blender banana
bread

This is the most moist
and delicious banana
bread I’ve made in a long
time. I have a “tastes
like Bob Evans” banana
bread recipe on my blog
(Cincinnati.Com/blogs)
that uses half as much
butter as oil, along with
buttermilk, and that’s a
good one, too. The one
thing I will tell you,

BUSINESS UPDATE
Richardson named
Rising Star

Eric Richardson of
Florence, a partner in the
Vorys, Sater, Seymour
and Pease Cincinnati office, was recognized as a
Rising Star in General
Litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine.
A member of the
firm’s litigation practice
group, he is focused on
civil litigation and white
collar criminal defense
work which encompasses
commercial,
employment, insurance, construction,
accounting
malpractice and intellectual property matters.
Richardson also has significant experience defending corporations and

individuals in proceedings brought under the
False Claims Act by the
government or whistleblowers.

Gardner to
represent England

Gardner Transportation Services Inc., a
truckload transportation
provider located in Florence since 1990, has announced an agreement to
represent England Logistics as a provider of third
party logistics services.
England is one of the
largest refrigerated motor carriers in the U.S.
Representing England as
an agent, Gardner will be
adding a portfolio of nonasset based transporta-

tion solutions .

Eisen Agency
launches outreach

The Eisen Agency has
announced launched Operation: Outreach 2013
where the agency provides pro bono marketing, advertising, public
relations and interactive
support to local nonprofit
groups.
Nonprofits that would
like to compete for the
grant should email Info@TheEisenAgency.
com and explain about the
organization and how the
agency can help.
The agency’s first announced selection of 2013
is the Boone County Animal Shelter.

Brush a loaf pan with
soft butter or spray with
cooking spray. Preheat
oven to 350 degrees. To
puree in blender add oil,
eggs and vanilla. Whirl
until blended. Whisk
flour, sugar, soda, salt
and nuts together in
bowl. Pour banana mixture over dry ingredients and mix just until
blended. Don’t over mix.
Pour into pan, sprinkle
with extra sugar, and
bake 45 minutes or so
until center springs back
when lightly pressed.

Tip from Rita’s
kitchen

Refrigerate or freeze
ripe bananas! The skin
will turn black, but inside will be creamy yellow. Mix nuts with flour
mixture so they stay
suspended in your baked
goods and don’t sink to
the bottom.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an
herbalist, educator and author. Find her blog online at
Cincinnati.Com/blogs. Email
her at columns@communitypress.com .

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For the past several
days, I’ve been testing
recipes for classic stews,
including chicken fricassee and beef bourguignon. I’m in the tweaking stage for a beef stew
that has an olive butter
swirl in it. When it gets
to the “oh my gosh this is
perfect” stage, I’ll be one
happy cook. Meanwhile,
your requests
have been
for anything but
long-cooking, gourmet food. I
agree it’s
good to
Rita
have meals
Heikenfeld
that are
quick,
RITA’S KITCHEN
appealing
and not budget-busting.
Here’s some to try.

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Tutors help students stay ahead of the curve
they can achieve and become lifelong learners.”
She opened The Learning Curve after a long
teaching career.
“When I retired, I just
wasn’t done,” she said.
“Our philosophy is serving the whole student and
providing programs kids
need.”
Levi said she had long
considered an additional
program closer to Covington for her clients’ convenience, and there was
available space at Peterson’s husband’s church,
The Pointe.
“Our church philosophy is to do things
throughout the community, different types of pro-

By Amy Scalf
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CRESCENT SPRINGS —

Tucked below a house of
worship and an exercise
studio on Buttermilk Pike,
students come to learn.
The Learning Curve
opened at 622-B Buttermilk Pike in October. It’s
the second location for the
tutoring center, which is
based in Union. In the
original center, owner
Sheila Levi oversees the
tutoring center side-byside with business partner Jennifer Peterson’s
theater and drama program, Kids on Stage.
Levi wants “to help
each child discover that

jects,” Peterson said “The
Pointe is not a church that
is open only on Sundays.”
While the center is
geared toward elementary, middle and high
schoolers, programs are
offered for college students and adults, in addition to professional and
standardized
testing
preparation, all provided
on an individual basis .
A full list of programs
is available online at
http://bit.ly/Ue13pB.
“I run the center from
the teacher’s viewpoint
for what the kids need
right then. It’s going to
evolve based on what’s
needed,” said Levi. “It’s
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that we’re not there to
compete with teachers
and schools. We’re there
to support what they’re
doing in order to help students.”
Peterson said the center offers flexible hours,
usually after school, but
also provides enrichment
programs for homeschoolers including languages and drama, as well
as extra help in core subjects.
“The best part about
this tutoring center is that
the student is very much
affirmed,” said Peterson.
“It’s not about learning
facts and figures, it’s really about serving the whole
student.”
Levi agreed.
“It’s so important to
build confidence; that has
to be there first. If confidence goes up, skills go
up,” she said.

Love Alive Montessori
Preschool of Richwood
Presbyterian Church in
Richwood is conducting
school tours to familiarize
parents with their programs for ages 3, 4, and
early 5.
Open registration for
Summer Vacation Station
and fall 2013 classes begins Feb. 2 at the Boone
County Public Library
Early Education Fair at
the main branch in Burlington from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. and will be on a firstcome, first-enrolled basis.
The church is located

at 1070 Richwood Road in
Richwood. For more information call 859-4851900.

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some of the company’s recent works, plus its revival of a classic contemporary dance theater work
“Epitaphs” by Jefferson
James, as well as sneak
peaks for the upcoming
premiere of Speak Feb.
23, at the Aronoff.
No reservations or
tickets needed.

Walton committee members named
Mayor Trzop and Walton City Council got off
to a good and favorable
first meeting of the year
by lowering our water
bills.
After reviewing expenses of a waterline
maintenance fee
of $4,
which had
been added
several
years ago
to our
monthly
water bills,
Ruth
it was felt
Meadows
the city
WALTON NEWS
was financially able to eliminate that cost. Currently
a minimum water and
sewer bill is $56.88, thus
reducing to $54.88.
Another plus is the
city is not passing a rate
increase by the Northern
Kentucky Water District.
The city buys its water
from NKWD, which is
implementing a 2.2 percent rate increase this
year and a 1.9 percent
increase next year.
Thanks to our council.
The following City
Council members have
volunteered to serve on
the various committees
to help you if you have
any questions or concerns. They can be
reached by contacting
the chairman of each
committee by email listed on the city of Walton
website, government tab,
City Council link or by
calling 485-4383.
» Economic Development: Margie Stewart, chairman; Olivia
Ballou; and Matt Brown.
» Safety: Mike Wood,

chairman; Matt Brown;
and Mark Carnahan.
» Streets and Sidewalks: Mark Carnahan,
chairman; Gabe Brown;
and Margie Stewart.
» Parks and Events:
Matthew Brown, chairman; Michael Wood; and
Gabe Brown.
» Veteran Memorial:
Gabe Brown, chairman;
Michael Wood; and Mark
Carnahan.
» Garbage: Mayor
Phil Trzop.
Mayor Trzop will be in
the office on Saturday
mornings, 8-11 a.m., except on holidays to accept payments or address concerns.
Gary Glacken of Colorado Springs, Colo, was
visiting his parents, Garnal and Mary Ruth
Glacken, this past weekend. Mary Ruth is improving each day from
her recent surgery.
Many friends and
neighbors joined the
Cheesman family in the
celebration of their husband and father Olan
Layne Cheesman’s life on

Saturday at the Walton
Christian Church. A
beautiful service was
rendered by the Rev.
Kevin Russell. Family
members and friends
shared some of their
memories. Layne had
shared his sports knowledge with lots of younger
persons and his family.
So, Layne left this world
with the fact that he
helped make several
persons’ lives much better. Our sincere sympathy. Internment was in
Richwood Cemetery.
Our sympathy to the
Hurston family on the
death of their husband
and father, Claude Hurston, this past weekend.

Our get well wishes to
Margaret Green. At this
writing, she is doing
better, but is still a patient at St. Elizabeth
Edgewood.
Belated “Happy Birthday” to Betty Lawrence
on Jan. 23. Sherry Jackson will celebrate her
birthday on Jan. 25.
Special prayers for
the families of the four
young men involved in
the tragic murder this
past week in our area.
Ruth Meadows (391-7282)
writes a column about Walton.
Feel free to call her with
Walton neighborhood news
items.

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Harry Lee and Almeda
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19th, with their children,
Maid of Honor Rae M.
Beasley, sister of the
Bride, and brother of the
Groom, Robert and Pat
Rea, at Jewels on Main
Restaurant in Warsaw,
Kentucky.
Harry Lee married the former Almeda Mangold on
January 23, 1943 in Warsaw, Kentucky. Harry Lee
was originally a farmer,
but retired after many
years in Management as
the Superintendent of the
Building and Track Maintenance
at
Latonia/
Turfway Race Course.
During the early years of
their marriage Almeda
was a homemaker, she also retired from Latonia/
Turfway as Director of
Admissions.
They have 5 children:
Nancy Ann (Hugh) Boden,
Howard, Mary Elaine
(Robert) McCurdy, Dennis
(JoeAnn) and Linda (Harry) Snyder, 11 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 2 great great
grandchildren.

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marro
of Indep,KY announce the
engagement
of
their
daughter, Malina Marro,
to William West son of
Bertha Tolle of Florence
and Eric West of Morning
View. The future bride is
currently studying English
Edu. at NKU. The future
groom will graduate in
August with his associates
degree in business management. Both are managers at local businesses.
The wedding will be in
September this year.

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Donna Beckett
Donna Rose Raisor Beckett,
73, of Florence, died Jan. 9,
2013.
She was a member of the
First Church of Christ in Burlington and a former secretary
for several finance companies.
Her husband, Charles Tildon
Beckett, also died Jan. 9, 2013.
A brother, J.B.Raisor, died
previously.
Survivors include her daughter, Tanya Brashear of Fort
Myers, Fla.; two grandchildren; sisters, Norma Baxter of
Dry Ridge, Doris Robb of
Florence, Betty Magee of
Florence and Judy Wainscott
of Holbrook; and brother,
Ronald Raisor of Florence.
Memorials: First Church of
Christ, Burlington, KY 41008.

Charles Tildon Beckett, 81,
of Florence, died Jan. 9, 2013.
A member of the Transportation Workers Union, he
was a retired fleet service man
for American Airlines and a
member of the First Church of
Christ in Burlington.
His wife, Donna Rose Raisor
Beckett, also died Jan. 9, 2013.
Survivors include his daughter, Tanya Brashear; sister,
Icealene Blake of Covington;
and two grandchildren.
Memorials: First Church of
Christ, Burlington, KY 41008.

For the most up-todate Northern Kentucky
obituaries, click on the
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publish a larger memorial tribute, call 513-2424000 for pricing details.

Olan Cheesman
Olan Layne Cheesman, 81,
of Walton, died Jan. 14, 2013,
at St. Elizabeth Florence.
He was a retired manager
for Walton Lumber Co. served
in the Army, and was a member of Walton Christian
Church and the Walton Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed
playing and coaching basketball, baseball and softball, and
was recruited for Berea College’s basketball teams.
Survivors include his wife,
Coreta F. Rice Cheesman;
daughters, Layna Feagan of
Verona, Dayna Mohammadione of Toledo, Ohio, Jayna
Cheesman of Lexington, Mary
Ganzel of Albany, Ga.; son,
Callen Cheesman of Verona;
brother, Richard Cheesman Jr.
of Latonia; sisters, Lois Piercefield of Latonia and Imogene
Bradley of Louisville; six
grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild.
Memorials: Walton Christian Church.

cer Society.

William Byrd
William “Bill” L. Byrd, 90, of
Walton, died Jan. 12, 2013, at
St. Elizabeth Edgewood.
He was an Army combat
veteran who was awarded the
Bronze Star for meritorious
service in the Pacific Theater in
World War II. He continued his
military service in the Korean
War where he was awarded
the Combat Infantryman’s
Badge. He retired from the
Ohio National Guard and
worked at Ford Motor Co. in
Sharonville, Ohio as a lead
inspector in the quality control department. He was a
member of Erlanger Christian
Church, Florence Masonic
Lodge Free and Accepted
Masons 949, and the Disabled
American Veterans.

James Cox
James F. Cox, 88, of Florence, died Jan. 13, 2013, at St.
Elizabeth Florence.
He was retired from the U.S.
Postal Service, was a veteran
of World War II, having served
in Normandy and the Battle of
the Bulge, was a member of
the Florence Masonic Lodge
No. 949 Free and Accepted
Masons in Florence. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting
and wildlife.
His son, James Kenneth Cox;
brother, Robert E. Cox; and a
sister, Fannie Mae Schwalli,
died previously.
Survivors include his wife,
Mary Cox, sister, Thelma Cox; a
niece; and a nephew.
Memorials: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O.
Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis,

TN 38148-0142 or Grace Episcopal Church.

Linville Eades
Linville “Pete” Eades, 89, of
Florence died Jan. 12, 2013, at
Emeritus of Edgewood.
He and his wife were owners and operators of Pete &
Libby’s Gift and Ceramics in
Florence. He was a member
and deacon of Florence Christian Church, and an Army
veteran of World War II.
His wife, Libby Eades; a
daughter, Rebecca Ruth Vanderpool; three brothers,
Edward Eades, Walter Eades
and Omer Eades; and sisters,
Nancy Clark and Nel Johnson,
died previously.
Survivors include his daughters, Mary Cecil Easterday of
Columbus, Lelia Katherine
Bates of Warsaw, Barbara
June “Bobby” Beckner of
Lexington; brothers, Eugene
Eades and Cecil Eades, both of
Florence, and Earl Eades of
Erlanger; 11 grandchildren; 29

at Loveland Healthcare Center.
She was a retired waitress
and member of Bullittsburg
Baptist Church.
Her husbands, Joseph Lindner and Walter Junior Penick,
died previously.
Survivors include her daughters, Linda Carol Penick of
Mesa, Airz., Connie Frances
Penick-Cross of Marysville,
Wash., and Robyn Sue Shields
of Loveland; sons, Walter Ray
Penick and Richard William
Penick, both of Mesa, Airz.,
and Gary Louis Penick of
Marysville, Wash.; brothers,
Ronald Lee Hodges of Hebron
and William Bernard Hodges
of Florence; sister, Betty Pepper of Mesa, Airz.; 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

George Spohr
George A. Spohr, 77, of
Hebron, died Jan. 14, 2013, at
St. Elizabeth Edgewood.
He was a retired vice presi-

dent with Continental Can
Co., a graduate of Fordham
Prep and University and a
member of Immaculate Heart
of Mary Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Maura of Hebron; daughters,
Susan Laux of Hamilton,
Stephanie Sciamanna of
Florence, Mary Ellen Imm of
Cincinnati and Bryn Heathman
of Montclair, N.J.; son, George
Spohr, IV, of Cincinnati; brother, Tony Spohr of Los Altos
Hills, Calif.; sisters, Mary Jane
Vonnegut and Betsy Andrade,
both of Salinas, Calif.; 14
grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
Memorials: SPCA.

Margaret Whitaker
Margaret Jane Whitaker, 83,
of Walton, died Jan. 6, 2013, at
St. Elizabeth Edgewood.
She was a homemaker.
Her husband, John Whitaker; a brother, Jerry Cox; and
sisters, Marilyn Cox and Martha Meier, died previously.

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